I do not remember how I stumbled myself into this knowledge of the cave existen. But I waited for quite sometime to succeed this plan, finally there are friends who are eager to join me for a caving trip to Gua Tempurung, Perak. Supposed to be 5 of us but unfortunately, one of my gal-friend; Angie was unable to join us because she just joined a new company and she has to work on Saturdays. Nevertheless, the plan proceed with just 4 of us and me being the only girl. Was I fortunate or what?! Hehehe...
Andrew picked me up at 7am sharp and we continue our journey to pick up Yow & Junior. We all stayed in Klang and so we hit the NKVE about 8am. Me being the navigator, I get to sit-in-front and at the same time to avoid any car-sick issue for myself. After Kota Damansara, we joined into the North-South Expressway and we exit at Gopeng. We have no problem finding the place. With the speed of 110km/hr and a few rest-stop to ease ourselves, we reached Gua Tempurung at around 10am. We are in time to grab our brunch and booked ourselves on to the Grand Tour.
Initially, I was only planning to go to the "Top of the World" package that do not involve any wet-activities. But then, Yow insisted that we shall all choose the same package. Not wanting to ruin the excitement, I took the challenge and it was worth it!! "Grand Tour" is a package that covers overall and was summarized as "challenging & strentous" by the websites. We had a Renjer name : Tok Janggut and there were total 12 of us in this tour. We started our tour at about 11am and it was very funny the images that the Renjer describes to us. We laughed a lot with the wild-imaginations and at times, we had to really go-beyond our imagination.
I had a little problem taking pictures in the cave so I did not take that many. But, managed to snap a few shots whenever I could. We are not allow to bring in wallets, handphones or any priced items. Preferably only torch-lights and ourselves. I thought that it will be quite cool inside but at the end, all of us just went in with the least piece of clothing. It's best to wear a sandals as foot-wear as all of us end-up not doing so. I was wearing slippers which is comfortable for me to walk at the man-made steps but it was a little difficult for me to walk in the river. But, it was a good foot-reflexology!! Hahaha!! I'll make sure I invest in the Crocs sandals in future caving trips.
After taking our shower and changed into dry-clean clothes, we head to Ipoh for an early dinner. On our way out, it was my first time to see Malaysian's sheeps & lambs. They are so thin!! But the lambs are so cute! Was supposed to call up Ipoh friends to join us for meals but and then, have second thought of it. In Ipoh town for the 2nd time, I was a bit lost to show them where were the good food that I had before. Slowly the images came into view after circling around the town in search of it. Unfortunately, the rest already sitted in one of the shop and it was not very nice to change our mind. Since, the rest are not particular about good-tasty food as they are all hunger to their bones, we settled for anything that was in-sight.
Overall, despite the minor cuts & bruises on my knees and arms, I had a marvellous experience and a big thank you to Andrew & Yow who offered me their hand-grips and lit the way for me with their torches. Last but not least, to suffer my occasional "squeeks" when I lost my balance and wrong-footings. Now, I shall go get my beauty-rest as my muscles are starting to sore.
Andrew picked me up at 7am sharp and we continue our journey to pick up Yow & Junior. We all stayed in Klang and so we hit the NKVE about 8am. Me being the navigator, I get to sit-in-front and at the same time to avoid any car-sick issue for myself. After Kota Damansara, we joined into the North-South Expressway and we exit at Gopeng. We have no problem finding the place. With the speed of 110km/hr and a few rest-stop to ease ourselves, we reached Gua Tempurung at around 10am. We are in time to grab our brunch and booked ourselves on to the Grand Tour.
Initially, I was only planning to go to the "Top of the World" package that do not involve any wet-activities. But then, Yow insisted that we shall all choose the same package. Not wanting to ruin the excitement, I took the challenge and it was worth it!! "Grand Tour" is a package that covers overall and was summarized as "challenging & strentous" by the websites. We had a Renjer name : Tok Janggut and there were total 12 of us in this tour. We started our tour at about 11am and it was very funny the images that the Renjer describes to us. We laughed a lot with the wild-imaginations and at times, we had to really go-beyond our imagination.
I had a little problem taking pictures in the cave so I did not take that many. But, managed to snap a few shots whenever I could. We are not allow to bring in wallets, handphones or any priced items. Preferably only torch-lights and ourselves. I thought that it will be quite cool inside but at the end, all of us just went in with the least piece of clothing. It's best to wear a sandals as foot-wear as all of us end-up not doing so. I was wearing slippers which is comfortable for me to walk at the man-made steps but it was a little difficult for me to walk in the river. But, it was a good foot-reflexology!! Hahaha!! I'll make sure I invest in the Crocs sandals in future caving trips.
After taking our shower and changed into dry-clean clothes, we head to Ipoh for an early dinner. On our way out, it was my first time to see Malaysian's sheeps & lambs. They are so thin!! But the lambs are so cute! Was supposed to call up Ipoh friends to join us for meals but and then, have second thought of it. In Ipoh town for the 2nd time, I was a bit lost to show them where were the good food that I had before. Slowly the images came into view after circling around the town in search of it. Unfortunately, the rest already sitted in one of the shop and it was not very nice to change our mind. Since, the rest are not particular about good-tasty food as they are all hunger to their bones, we settled for anything that was in-sight.
Overall, despite the minor cuts & bruises on my knees and arms, I had a marvellous experience and a big thank you to Andrew & Yow who offered me their hand-grips and lit the way for me with their torches. Last but not least, to suffer my occasional "squeeks" when I lost my balance and wrong-footings. Now, I shall go get my beauty-rest as my muscles are starting to sore.
*Note: Click on the picture to get a magnifying-glass.
Remarks: Tok Janggut had sent us the extreme-shots finally, check out "Photo Gallery". (updated 24/02/07)
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